Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright 2012 Facebook * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ import java.util.*; public class Main { public static <T> boolean isSubset(Collection<T> subset, Collection<T> superset) { if ((superset == null) || (superset.size() == 0)) { return ((subset == null) || (subset.size() == 0)); } HashSet<T> hash = new HashSet<T>(superset); for (T t : subset) { if (!hash.contains(t)) { return false; } } return true; } }